Posts Tagged ‘review’

• Sunday, March 30th, 2008

  Kimikiss -pure rouge-

  Kimikiss -pure rouge-

  The problem with most bishoujo game based anime love stories is that the focus isn't on the romance and how it blooms, but mostly on fleshing out the girls themselves. Because of that, you can't really say that their romance stories are 'romantic'. In the end, they are just giving character to the [...]

  Tags: Bishoujo, review
  Posted in Reviews | 7 Comments »

• Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

  Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS

  Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS

  "Still not lyrical, and they are not lolis anymore"

  Initial reaction. What else can I say? This is one of the rare sequels in anime where they fast-forward about 10 years and make all characters older, taller, and sexier. That alone would alienate thousands of fans of the two original [Mahou Shoujo [...]

  Tags: loli, mahou shoujo, nanoha, review
  Posted in Reviews | 2 Comments »

• Sunday, December 9th, 2007

  Lovely Complex

  Lovely Complex

  With the seas of bishoujos I sail lately I really appreciate having a catalyst. For this season Lovely Complex is the counter-programming, and I should say that this is really a blast! Despite rollercoaster animation quality, this shoujo series is a total LOL-fest! Extreme comedic value with a lighthearted touch on romance… and height [...]

  Tags: review, Shoujo
  Posted in Reviews, Shoujo | 3 Comments »

• Friday, September 28th, 2007

  School Days (TV)

  School Days

  (no pictures, it's intended, watch the anime)

  Finally, another controversial anime. Ever since the hugely destructive emo soap opera in the name of Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien left me breathless, I've been clamoring for some other show that has all the angst of a mature romance story in anime form. Alas, no other anime ever [...]

  Tags: nice boat, review, school days
  Posted in Reviews | 2 Comments »

• Sunday, August 19th, 2007

  5 Centimeters Per Second

  Byousoku 5 Centimeter
  "a chain of short stories about their distance."

  Again, Makoto Shinkai blew me away. He is really the master of "wide open spaces" in animation. It is not so much the attention to detail as it's really the cinematic scope of what he draws. The backgrounds have this sort-of emotion that conveys the beauty [...]

  Tags: review
  Posted in Reviews | 8 Comments »